Ribbon and Bell Cardinal Craft for Kids

What you will need:

5/8" polyester ribbon

Scissors

Glue

Bright orange card stock

3/4" Jingle Bell

Black Sharpie Marker

Wire

How to Make Ribbon and Bell Cardinal Craft:

1. Cut a piece of ribbon 14 inches long and fold it in half. Glue the folded sides together at the folded end. Fold over the folded end of the ribbon to make a triangle shape as shown in the picture to the right. Glue the triangle down.

2. Make a loop at the same end like you are going to make a knot at the end, tucking the folded end into the loop. Also shown in the picture to the right.

3. Cut a small triangle-shaped beak from orange card stock and insert the beak through the back of the head and push it all the way through to the hole in the front as shown in the picture to the left. Press the knot flat and place a little glue inside to keep it together.

4. To make the wings cut another piece of ribbon about seven inches long and insert it in the top of the bell, and pull it half way through.

5. Place the headpiece you already made on top of the bell and wing ribbon. Tie the headpiece to the bell using the wing ribbon with a single knot. Cut the ends of the wings so they are curved as shown in the picture above.

6. Cut the tail feathers in a V-shape. Attach a wire to the knot on the bell to hang up the bird.

7. Use a black Sharpie marker to draw in the eyes and black around the beak.

3. Glue green feathers to the cone shape starting at the bottom of the cone. Make one row of feathers all the way around the bottom placing the feathers so that the end of the feathers extend over the bottom of the cone as shown in the picture. Made another row of feathers just above that row, placing the feathers so they overlap the bottom row about half way.

4. Keep placing rows of feathers until you get to the top of the cone. Glue decorative items on top of the feathers to finish.

Stick Nativity Scene Craft for Kids

What you will need:

Sticks

Vines

Berries

Dried Grass

Natural Decorative Items

Glue Gun

Rock and Leaf

How to Make Stick Nativity Scene:

2. Glue dried grass or grains to the bottom of the1. Start by making the house shape. Use your widest sticks first. Cut them to about 8" and glue them together to form the 5-sided shape. The bottom sticks are about 7" long. Glue another layer or two of sticks around the shape. You can also use vines to wrap around the sticks. The star in the picture is hanging from the curled up end of a vine. shape for hay.

3. Baby Jesus is made from a rock that was wrapped in a leaf. He is laying bark manger.

4. The star was made from a long piece of reed. It was bent into the star shape and glued together.

Bow Christmas Tree Craft for Kids

1. Form a cone shape from a piece of green poster board that is about 8 inches tall.

2. Tape or glue green bows on the cone shape starting at the bottom of the cone with the biggest bows. Finish at the top with the smallest bows you have. When you have the whole cone covered add some tiny bows onto of the green bows to look like ornaments.

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Glowing Nativity Cross Craft for Kids

What you will need:

Oil such as Canola oil or olive oil

Bright yellow computer paper

Paint Brush

Paper Towels

How to Make Glowing Nativity Cross:

1. Print out the cross pattern onto bright yellow computer paper and cut it out. If you have a printer that has water soluble ink, print out the pattern onto white computer paper and then use a copy machine to copy the pattern onto yellow paper.

2. Place a small amount of oil (1 teaspoon) into a cup. Use a paint brush to brush the oil over the back of the cross. When you have covered the entire cross with oil use paper towels to soak up any left over oil by pressing the cross pattern between to sheets of paper towels. The oil on the paper will make the paper translucent.

3. Tape the cross on a window. The images in the cross will seem to glow.

Heart Christmas Tree with Poem Craft for Kids

Hearts of Love Christmas Tree
Written by Carolyn Warvel

I made
my tree with three special hearts:
The first one reminds me of God's love for me.
He created me just the way he wanted me to be.
The second one reminds me of when he sent his son.
His wonderful plan for my salvation had just begun.
The third heart reminds me of that eventful day
when Jesus gave his life so my sins can be taken away.

To request permission to copy this material for any other use contact me by e-mail.

What
you will need: Computer paper or card stock, Christmas fabric with
different designs or green construction paper, brown construction
paper or brown material or felt, button, sequins, stars, pompom balls
or other decorative items, and stickers.

How to Make Heart Christmas Tree with Poem:

1. Print out
the Poem and Tree Pattern onto blue paper. Print the Heart Patterns onto computer paper. (Patterns available to members.) Cut out the hearts and use them
to cut hearts from green construction paper or different patterns
of material. Cut the rectangle from brown paper or material. Glue the patterns
on to the poem sheet starting at the bottom with the tree trunk
and then the largest heart. Glue sequins, buttons, or pompoms onto
the tree to decorate it. (Problems Printing?)

Feather
Christmas Tree Craft for Kids

What you will
need:

Computer paper

Green feathers

Glittery Pompom Balls

Shiny
Stars

Jumbo Craft Stick Glue

Young children will love this project because of the soft textures.
Bring in a real pine branch and let your children compare the textures.
Another version of this tree is available to members only. It has
a Christmas prayer at the bottom of the picture that says,

"Lord,
make me a light like the one on my tree that shines so bright for
all to see." Written by Carolyn Warvel

(Non-members have permission
to use this prayer, (see conditions below), but
you must include the author's name after the poem. This project also
comes with a picture of a Christmas tree that children will love coloring
and decorating if you don't want to use feathers.

How to Make Feather Christmas Tree Craft:

1. Glue a jumbo
craft stick to the middle of the paper. Color it brown. Place a
long row of glue down the middle of the craft stick. Glue the feathers
to the craft stick starting at the bottom of the tree as shown in
the picture. Cut the top feathers shorter on each row as you go
up. Glue a star to the top. Then glue on pompom balls.

2. If you would
like the Prayer
Printout Sheet with this craft go to "Jesus Lights Up My Life" Sunday School Lesson on The Resource Room.